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[Opposite page photograph inserted] William Birrell with Red deer horns found in the Cree.
[Opposite page photograph inserted]

The diameter has been about __ (Plan & photo)
About 150 yds. [yards] to the Northward of the above
described cairn are the foundations of another
in which there is exposed, somewhat towards
the S. [South] side, a megalithic cist sunk in the
ground about 4'.5" in length but of indefinite
breadth with its main axis WSW [West South West] and ENE [East North East]. The covering stone lies displaced on
the top and one of the side slabs has been
removed. The diameter of the cairn has
been about 40'. Immediately to the S. [South] of it
also as in the previous instance there
appears to have been a stone circle of which
only two stones, thinnish slabs seemingly
placed with their broad faces at right angles
to the line of the circumference, now remain
the one upright and other much tilted and
sunk in the peat.
From some 200 yds. [yards] due E. [East] of the first cairn
along the slope of the hillside for about
300 yds. [yards] stretch a number of smaller cairns.
One of the largest of these situated at the W. [West]
end of the group is an elongated oval in
form measuring 25' by 13', having its longest
axis NE [North East] and SW. [South West] and rising some 3' in
elevation. The most Easterly is also large
for the class of cairn measuring some 20' in diameter

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